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Comment by Ashelia

It disappoints me that paladins will not be able to use this, nor will warriors, due to it being mail from low levels.

Comment by Kurasu

The drop rate on the Scarlet Boots, when compared to the rest of the suit, is extremely small. Most likely if you're going to be missing a piece of the set, it will be the boots.

However, if you are attempting to get the set together, I've found that aesthetically, Raider's Boots match quite well with the rest of the suit, and will do a very good job of 'filling it out' in the event that you are having difficulty in finding the boots part of the set. They are a low-level BoE 'world drop' green, and thus may be easier to find by farming low-level rares and hunting the AH.

Comment by shmelse

NB: It looks like SM's changes mean that the Scarlet mail is permanently removed from the game. If you happen to have a Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade, hold onto it as it's now irreplaceable. If you have unbound pieces of the BoE scarlet set, they are now significantly more valuable and will only increase in value. (Link: Undermine Journal) You may choose to hold them or sell them, but be aware of their worth.

I put together a guide, which has much of this same information but prettier formatting and more pictures.

Quite a few people have suggested various substitutions for the Scarlet set, due to the following problems:

1) The boots and chest have a very low drop rate, making them hard to find and often prohibitively expensive.2) There's no "official" helm or shoulders to go with the set.

I've made an attempt at a comprehensive list of the viable solutions. I'll add any others that come to my attention.

Chest: This is by far the easiest piece to cover for, because the Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade is both easy to obtain and an obvious part of the set. All you want, then, is an AH green that doesn't have visible arms that look out of place in the set. You can do this on your own AH, probably for less than 10g. If you're using a chest with no visible arms, I highly recommend one of the 3 red shirts in the notes below as well.

Boots: There are several workable boots that can stand in until that magic day when Scarlet Boots appear. However, most of your boot options pick up the red/chain look of the leggings rather than matching the red/gold of the actual scarlet boots.

My favorite option is Boots of Savagery. Even better, Horde can get an identical pair, Earthbreaker's Greaves, from a quest in Auchenai Crypts. Alliance will be stuck watching the AH, though... suckers!

Raider's Boots/Marshcreeper Sludgeboots aren't bad, but I don't like them as much as the above options.They're shorter and leave a gap on female toons btwn the bottom of the leggings and the top of the boots.

What I love here is Helm of the Great Chief. It looks amazing with the set, but it's a BS crafted item with an extremely rare vanilla pattern. Expect to troll trade for quite a while to find someone who can craft this. (Or you can use armory to stalk some of the older guilds on your server, looking for an old-school or collector BS.)

Shoulders: Herod's Shoulder, like the helm off of Herod, is an obvious shoulder to use, but there are other options here as well.

The best option by far, imo, is Drakesfire Epaulets. It's awesome looking and, unlike Herod's, covers both shoulders. It's a vanilla world drop, but appears occasionally on the AH since it has a higher drop rate off of vanilla Nef and Rag.

Ravager's Mantle is very similar to the Drakesfire and may be a bit easier to find on the AH. Another great possibility.

Cloaks: There are just a *ton* of red/gold cloaks out there no way I can link to them all. I've recommend a few common cloaks below, but you can also check the Icy Veins shaman and hunter pages, respectively, to see all your other options.

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Comment by ShadowXII

With the changes to Scarlet Monastary, I regret to announce that this classic, iconic set is no longer available.

Comment by Restorawr

After mourning greatly the loss of this set (and the changes to SM... I personally prefer the old version) I decided to attempt to piece together a transmog set for my hunter after noticing he still had the tabard in the bank.You're really gonna want to have Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade already, to make this work. Or the Scarlet Chestpiece should be fine. Apologies to those who don't. Perhaps Blizzard will add the tabard back to the loot tables in MoP. We can only hope.

Chest:-Scarlet Chestpiece. BoE. Hope for it on the AH. I haven't ever seen this on there myself.Assuming tabard to cover:-Blood Knight Breastplate. Only has small black bands showing on the arms. No sleeves apart from that. Doesn't show up at all on undeads.-War Torn Tunic for a completely hidden chestpiece. I'm sure there are many more options. Browse your local AH, perhaps.Red, in the case you do not have the tabard or want sleeves showing:-Bloodlust Breastplate for medium sleeves.-Crimson Mail Hauberk for medium sleeves and a high collar with chain links.

Here is the set I will probably be using, if you close that 3D view, all the other pieces I have recommended are there, you just need to drag and drop and then view in 3D yourself. Hope this helps someone C:

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Comment by blupparen

I have this set and the herod items (head, shoulders and axe) on my undead warrior. Too bad its not plate. :/ Lets hope blizzard lets us transmog any type of armor.

Comment by pinepajamas

I have both the Scarlet Boots and the Scarlet Chestpiece UNBOUND on Alliance Moon Guard. (US).

Looking to sell one or both. PST / ingame mail me @ Poq.

Comment by MASDERCHEEF

I should have gotten a few sets of this for myself before MoP hit, especially considering that the Scarlet Crusade is and always has been one of my favorite factions... Now I feel like such a fool for selling what pieces of it I once had.

Comment by cobra807

I have found a belt for those hunter/shaman scarlet crusaders who want to use the gold/red color scheme that most of the high end scarlet crusaders have. The belt most crusaders wear is obsolete in game, but this one matches perfectly with the scarlet boots, scarlet gauntlets, blood knight pauldrons, and also the blood knight helm. It would work with other sets but i found it looks best with those 3, plus I am using inferno leggings and crimson mail hauberk, which is the chest and legs scarlet centurions wear, the ones before pandaria anyways. Hopes this helps people with scarlet belt problems.

Comment by Maggdor

Putting a chance for these to drop on the BMAH would be awesome, Blizz.

Comment by Adomsin

I've gotten the gloves for this set out of the Salvage Crates from the garrison, so perhaps the rest of the set is in there as well!